Australian diplomats visit Assange, told of 'deteriorating health'
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The Australian High Commission in London refused to comment on the visit, even to confirm it took place, referring all questions to the Department of Foreign Affairs in Canberra – a clear sign the situation is still a diplomatic quagmire.
But Barns said it was the second such visit – the first took place in June last year. He said this was a sign of a “more humane approach” from the Australian government.
The visit came a day before Assange received bad news from the US, where a federal judge refused to force the Justice Department to admit the existence of what are believed to be criminal charges laid against him in secret.
Assange has been in the embassy, a small office in an apartment block behind Harrods in Knightsbridge, for more than six years. He entered on June 19, 2012, after exhausting his appeals against an extradition order to go to Sweden to face rape and sexual assault allegations.
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